Hector sinclair



HECTOR VSINFCLAIR, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Lettera .Patent o. 81,695, dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOT-AIR REGISTER ATTACHMENT.

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T0 ALL WHOM'IT MAY CONGERN:

13e it known that I, HECTOR SINCLAIR, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and improved Hot-Air Register Attachment;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, land exactdescription thereof',` which will enable-.others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to an improved attachment for hot-airregisters, for purifying the hot air from dust, moistening it, and.medicating or perfuming Ait as it passes from the registers of ordinaryconstruction into the room; and it consists in au attachment made ofwood, metal, or any other suitable material, -eonveniently arranged, soas to be secured to the wall in front of the register, containing areservoir of water,

a fan-blower, and areceptacle for the dust, the said fan-blower beingset in motion by the current of heated airyand revolved in a directionto discharge the dust into, a receptacle and prevent it from passinginto theA room, and the contact of'heated air against thewater-'reservoir producing a vapor that rises and mixes with said hotair and passes into the room. The water may be medicated or perfumed, ifdesired, whereby benecialv results maybe attained in case of sickness orof infected apartments, vas will be more fully described on reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front view ofmy improved hot-air attachment, and

Figure 2 a side view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A, in the drawings, represents the casing, which may be attached to thewall in front of the register, B, hy screws, or any other suitablemeans.

B represents the register, as ordinarily arranged within the wall, andthrough which the heated air is received into the room. Y v

C represents the water-reservoir, which may be arranged to slide intothe easing from one side of the same.

D is the fan-blower, having its journal-bearings in ca clrside of thecasing, and arranged above'the reservoir, so that the column of hot airissuing from the register shall impinge upon-thevanes mostly upon theback side ofthe blower, and cause that side torevolve in an upwarddirection.

E is a dust-box, above the blower, .into which the dust is forced by theaction of the blower, by reason of the particles of dust being somewhatheavierl than the particles of air, and4 which remain in the s-aid'boxby reason of the tendency of the particles of dust to adhere to eachother when brought into contact, leaving the air free to separate fromthem and pass through'the openings F, inlthe face of the casing, intothe room. The said dust-box isvalso arranged to slide into and out ofthe easing, from one side of the same, by which the operation ofremoving and emptying out theaecumulated dust from time to time isfacilitated.

I do not limit myself, however, to the particular construction hereindescribed, as various other plans of construetingthe same, may beadopted without departing from theispirit of my invention. i

' Pure water may be used in the reservoirs for ordinary use, but Icontemplate medicating the same in case of rooms occupied by sickpersons, or in times of contagious diseases prevailing, and forfurnigating purposes.

.And I also contemplate perfuming the reservoirs, andl emitting from thesame into the room, such healthful or aromatic vapors as may behestsuited to the health or taste of the occupant of the room.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new',` and desire to.secure byA Letters Patent, is

I. An attachment. for hot-air registers, provided with a hollowdust-separating mechanism, substantially i as and for the purposedescribed.

2. The combination, with a hot-air register, ofthe casing I, fan-blowerD, and dust-pan E, substantially as and for thc'purpose described.

3. The combination, with a hot-air register, of the casing F, reservoirC, and fau-blower'D, substantially as and for-tho purpose described. l I

4. In combination with a. hot-air register, a fanblower,dust-receptacle, and water-reservoir, substantially as described, forthe purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this twenty-fifthday of February, 18648.'v

' HECTOR sINoLAIR. Witnesses:

J. ALrsoN FnAsur., A. P. Tseran.4

